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单词 inaugurate
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inaugurateadj.

Forms: Also 1500s -at.
Etymology: < Latin inaugurātus, past participle of inaugurāre : see inaugurate v.
Obsolete.
Inaugurated, ceremoniously or formally installed into office: see incontrair adv. and prep. (Construed as past participle)
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > office > appointment to office > [adjective] > appointing formally or ceremonially > appointed formally or ceremonially
installeda1592
inaugurate1600
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxvii. xxxvi. 655 Dolabella was inaugurat or installed king of the sacrifices.
1649 H. Hammond Christians Obligations ix. 232 The new state, to wch Christ was inaugurate at his resurrection.
1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 533 That the consuls might be made and inaugurate.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

inauguratev.

/ɪˈnɔːɡjʊəreɪt/
Etymology: < Latin inaugurāt-, participial stem of inaugurāre to take omens from the flight of birds, to consecrate or install after taking such omens or auguries, < in- (in- prefix3) + augurāre to take auguries: see augur n.1, augur v.
1. (See quots.)Apparently only attested in dictionaries.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > soothsaying > soothsay [verb (intransitive)] > consult
inaugurate1604
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > augury, divination from omens > augur, divine from omens [verb (intransitive)] > ask counsel of augurs
inaugurate1604
1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Inaugurate, to aske counsell of soothsayers.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Inaugurate..to ask counsel of the Augures what shall follow, to dedicate to soothsaying.
2. transitive. To admit or induct (a person) to an office or dignity by a formal ceremony; to consecrate, install, invest. Also with complement.
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society > authority > office > appointment to office > appoint a person to an office [verb (transitive)] > admit to office formally or ceremonially
stallc1384
invest1489
induct1548
install1548
inaugur1549
endue1565
investure1566
intitule1576
entitle1587
inaugurate1606
inaugurize1611
complete1650
1606 W. Warner Continuance Albions Eng. xiv. lxxxii. 344 More to theyr proper Elements inaugurated none, Than shee to hers by-passed, he to his possessed Throne.
1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xvii. 261 The seat on which her Kings inaugurated were.
1637–50 J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (Wodrow Soc.) 261 They behoved to be doctorated ere they were inaugurated bishops.
1718 S. Ockley Hist. Saracens II. 164 Yezid..was inaugurated Chaliph on the New Moon of the Month Rejeb.
1786 R. Burns Let. Aug. (2001) I. 46 I have..made my public appearance, and am solemnly inaugurated into the numerous class of Authors.
1825 T. B. Macaulay Milton in Edinb. Rev. Aug. 337 When Cromwell was inaugurated in Westminster Hall.
1905 D. G. Phillips Plum Tree 380 We stayed there until Scarborough was inaugurated.
3. To invest (a thing) with a sacred or supposed sacred character, etc. Obsolete.
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1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 136 The inaugurated Statues..being set up by skilfull enchaunters in..the temple, or else secretly digged in the ground, were thought to appease..the Gods, and to protect the Country.
1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 137 The inaugurated statues, which now adays..are called Talisman.
4. To make auspicious or of good augury; to confer solemnity or sanctity upon; to sanctify, consecrate. rare.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > consecration > perform consecration [verb (transitive)]
hallow971
blessc1000
teemc1275
bensyc1315
sacrec1380
dediec1430
consecratea1464
dedify1482
sanctify1483
consacrea1492
speak1502
vow1526
dedicate1530
sequester1533
celebrate1584
devote1586
vow1600
to set apart1604
devout1615
devove1619
devow1626
inauguratea1639
behallow1648
sanctificatea1677
sanctize1691
mancipate1715
sacrate1755
sacrify1827
sacrament1829
sacralize1933
a1639 H. Wotton View Life & Death Duke of Buckingham in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1651) 79 Those beginnings of years were very propitious unto him, as if Kings did chuse remarkable dayes to inaugurate their favours, that they may appeare acts as well of the Times, as of the Will.
1847 R. W. Hamilton Disq. Sabbath (1848) i. 7 And now succeeds the Sabbath which inaugurates all these accomplishments,..as it perfects, illustrates, and glorifies the wondrous Hebdomade.
5. ‘To begin with good omens’ (Johnson); to begin (a course of action, period of time, etc., esp. of an important character) with some formal ceremony or notable act; to commence, enter upon; to introduce, usher in; to initiate. (Sometimes merely grandiose for ‘begin’.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (transitive)] > inaugurate
auspicate1611
augurate1624
to usher in1646
inaugurate1755
augur1865
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. To Inaugurate,..to begin with good omens, to begin.
1851 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy in 1848 i. 22 The revolution was to be inaugurated without a single deed of violence to any Italian.
a1861 E. B. Browning Sabbath Morning v And sky and heaven made mighty room To inaugurate the vision.
1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi xxi. 428 He would certainly have inaugurated a new era on the East Coast of Africa.
1876 J. Grant Hist. Burgh Schools Scotl. ii. v. 159 The daily work of the school was inaugurated and generally concluded..with the ceremony of engaging publicly in prayer.
6. To initiate the public use of, introduce into public use by a formal opening ceremony (a statue, fountain, building, etc.).
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (transitive)] > inaugurate > into public use
inaugurate1852
open1889
inaugur1890
1838 T. Arnold Hist. Rome I. xiii. 237 The augurs were to attend in order to inaugurate the ground where the soldiers were to meet.]
1852 Ld. Cockburn Jrnl. 21 June (1874) II. xvii. 282 On the 18th instant, Steell's equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington was inaugurated, as it is now the fashion to call such proceedings—a pedantic and meaningless term.
1861 Sat. Rev. 22 June 630 Then, why is everything ‘inaugurated’? It is silly enough to talk about the ‘inauguration’ of a new statue; but we have quite got beyond that.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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